字引 (jibiki) means “dictionary” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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分からない漢字の読み方を字引で調べます。wa ka ra na i kan ji no yo mi kata o jibiki de shira be ma su

I look up the reading of an unfamiliar kanji in a dictionary.

It provides a way to find the meanings and readings of written words.

辞書jisho: A common modern term for a book or tool that explains words and their meanings.

言葉や文字の意味、読み方などを調べるための本や電子的な資料。koto ba ya moji no i mi yo mi kata na do o shira be ru ta me no hon ya den shi teki na shi ryō

The noun 字引 (jibiki, "dictionary") is based on the phrase 字を引く (ji o hiku, "to look up a character"), which became a name for a reference work.

In modern Japanese, 字引 (jibiki) can make a speaker sound old-fashioned because 辞書 (jisho) is the common term for a dictionary.